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Biologists address global extinction crisis

Brook trout are disappearing from American streams. Amphibian habitats are changing. Coral species are dying......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgAug 31st, 2022

Sister cities can help communities better navigate the climate crisis, research suggests

Anthropologists at Rice University suggest in a new study that establishing networks of 'sister cities' dedicated to addressing the impact of natural disasters can mitigate the devastation wrought by climate change......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

"Degree of Kevin Bacon" gene provides possible basis for central players in group connectedness

A team of biologists and geneticists at the University of Toronto at Mississauga has found a possible genetic basis for a central player in group connectedness. In their study, published in the journal Nature Communications, the group conducted genet.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

Researchers determine large numbers of wild mountain goats are killed every year by avalanches

A multi-institutional team of animal behaviorists, snow impact specialists and biologists from Alaska, Montana, Switzerland and Canada has found that large numbers of wild mountain goats die every year in Alaska due to avalanches. For their study, th.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

Research shows bumblebee nests are overheating due to climate change, threatening future populations

As a result of the climate crisis, global warming is driving up temperatures around the world—and bumblebees, like humans, are struggling to cope with homes that can't beat the heat......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

Oil palm plantations are driving massive downstream impact to watershed

The global demand for palm oil—the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet, in everything from instant noodles to lipstick—is driving worldwide tropical deforestation. While many studies have shown the loss of biodiversity when rainfores.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

The ecology of industrial renewal

Industry faces many problems in the current economic, sociopolitical, and environmental context. The idea of industrial renewal has thus come to the fore as an approach that might allow us to address those different challenges sitting with the new ap.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

Team evaluates agricultural management practices in new nitrous oxide accounting method

As greenhouse gases go, nitrous oxide (N2O) is a doozy. With a global warming potential 273 times that of carbon dioxide, mitigating N2O could make a big difference. But before mitigation can happen, it's important to understand where the compound is.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

New process tackles pollution on dual fronts of plastic waste and fuel emissions

What if we could help the global plastic waste problem and the transportation industry with the same technology?.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 3rd, 2024

Proofpoint DLP Transform secures data moving to ChatGPT, copilots, and other GenAI tools

Proofpoint announced Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Transform, including GenAI use cases. Today, businesses struggle with the limitations of legacy DLP solutions that are fragmented across channels and are not designed to address today’s most problemat.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsMay 2nd, 2024

HITRUST updates Cyber Threat Adaptive engine to address emerging cyber threats

HITRUST announced a comprehensive update to its Cyber Threat Adaptive engine to enable increased accuracy and timeliness of HITRUST CSF updates to address emerging cyber threats. This update introduces advanced AI capabilities through a collaboration.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsMay 2nd, 2024

Snyk AppRisk Pro leverages AI and third-party integrations for faster risk mitigation

Snyk has released Snyk AppRisk Pro, pairing artificial intelligence (AI) with application context from third-party integrations to help application security (AppSec) and development teams address business-critical risk and accelerate fixes. Snyk AppR.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsMay 2nd, 2024

Cadillac could keep selling gas vehicles past 2030 all-EV goal

GM's luxury brand has said it aims to have an all-EV portfolio by the end of the decade, but Cadillac's global vice president said electric and gasoline models "will coexist for a number of years.".....»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsMay 2nd, 2024

Feathers, cognition and global consumerism in colonial Amazonia

Amazonia is the home of the largest variety of birds in the world. In such a unique environment, craft cultures have flourished by translating the beauty and creativity of environmental materials like feathers into stunning pieces of art......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsMay 1st, 2024

Mazda teases an EV Mazda6 sedan with China show car

Mazda plans to launch a second battery-electric vehicle this year. The Mazda EZ-6 sedan is bound for China but could foreshadow how the Japanese company handles a wave of global EVs eventually landing in the U.S......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsMay 1st, 2024

Bethesda to Address One of The Biggest Complaints About Starfield

Bethesda plans to address one of the biggest complaints about Starfield in a future update to the game. In an announcement about its incoming May patch, the company says major updates to the game are on the horizon. Among them, official mod support,.....»»

Category: mobileSource:  gottabemobileRelated NewsMay 1st, 2024

Business and management graduates can become sustainability champions—lessons from Uganda and Tanzania

There is no doubt about it: the world is in the grips of a climate crisis. The headlines are full of reports about extreme weather events and the negative effects of the fossil fuel industry......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsMay 1st, 2024

Violence against women is both a legal and cultural problem. What can Australia do to address it?

Australia is finally having a sustained conversation about violence against women and what we can do about it......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsMay 1st, 2024

Scientists show that ancient village adapted to drought, rising seas

Around 6,200 BCE, the climate changed. Global temperatures dropped, sea levels rose and the southern Levant, including modern-day Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan, Lebanon, southern Syria and the Sinai desert, entered a period of drought......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 30th, 2024

Research reveals overlooked factor driving China"s real estate crisis

The default of Evergrande, one of China's largest developers, set off a chain of defaults among developers, triggering the ongoing property market crisis in China......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 30th, 2024

The address bar in Chrome is getting an AI helping hand

It looks like Chrome for the desktop is about to get smarter, thanks to Google introducing machine learning to the address bar. The post The address bar in Chrome is getting an AI helping hand appeared first on Phandroid. Google is going a.....»»

Category: asiaSource:  phandroidRelated NewsApr 30th, 2024